Assignment for english

English 101 Fall 2017, Section 27 Tue/Thu 1:10-2:30pm Bioethics 70-201 Instructor: Dr. Kristen Hill

How can I contact the teacher?

Expect replies within 24 hours on weekdays, 48 hours on weekends Email: [email protected]

Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays

10-12 and 1-2 Office: 70-317

Office Phone: 334-725-2359

This should be your first college English course. I try to explain anything that is likely to be new

to you, but if I miss something, please ask

questions! You are probably not the only one who has them. You can ask in class, over email, or during office hours.

What books do I need?

You definitely need The Prose Reader, 11th Edition (Flachmann &

Flachmann). You may also want to go ahead and get The Little, Brown Brief, 6th Edition (Aaron); there will be no assigned readings from the

Little, Brown handbook, but it can be a useful reference, and it is required

for English 102.

What will we do in this class? Engage with a variety of texts (such as essays, articles, and movie scenes)

Learn about persuasion

Write and revise essays

Provide feedback to classmates

Complete weekly online assignments to reinforce understanding of writing skills and rhetorical concepts

What are the course goals for this class? When you finish this course, you should be able to:

read, analyze, and compare a variety of

texts

compose written work that uses a variety of rhetorical strategies

compose writing that demonstrates coherence,

complexity, and effectiveness of expression

demonstrate awareness of audience and purpose

in written work

compose written work that follows the

instructions provided

compose clear, complex, argumentative thesis

statements

support your thesis effectively throughout the

body of your paper

develop and clearly explain your ideas

develop and practice a process for revising your own writing

effectively incorporate quotations and other

forms of evidence

organize ideas and transition between them

use appropriate grammar, style, vocabulary, and

documentation

What are my responsibilities?

Can I use my phone during class?

turn in your work on time  check University email regularly  do not cheat on any assignments (essays or Blackboard) be on time for class and stay until class is over  come to class prepared (read, bring your book)  treat your classmates and instructor with respect

You are responsible for all information presented during class. If you miss something because you were paying attention to your phone, that's on you. If you have your phone out during class, do not allow it to be a distraction to me or classmates (no sounds, flashing lights, obvious selfies) If your phone use is a distraction, you may be asked to leave and counted absent.

How is my course grade determined?

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Essay One (10%): Process Analysis/Cause & Effect Write a guide to help the reader get through a difficult/scary situation. Focus: logical appeal. Length: 2-3 pages. Due September 5th.

Essay Two (10%): Movie Scene Analysis Write a detailed analysis of how a scene from a movie attempts to create fear in the audience. Focus: emotional appeal. Length: 2-3 pages. Due September 26th.

Essay Three (10%): Personal Narrative Write about an experience related to fear (acquiring a fear, conquering a fear, going through a scary situation). Focus: emotional appeal. Length: 2-3 pages. Due October 10th.

Essay Four (15%): Evaluation/Compare & Contrast Write an evaluation comparing two warnings, deciding which is more believable. Focus: ethical appeal. Length: 3-4 pages. Due October 31st. 

Essay Five (15%): Argument Write a warning to convince the audience it should fear a particular threat (real, exaggerated, or entirely fabricated). Focus: combining all three rhetorical appeals. Length: 4-5 pages. Due: November 21st

Blackboard Assignments (25%) These are short writing assignments and occasional quizzes,

completed through Blackboard, to reinforce skills and prepare you for your essay assignments. The

point value, due dates, and specifics of each are explained on Blackboard. These are subject to the

same late penalties as essays, except peer reviews, which will not receive credit at all if they are late..

There will be 3100 possible points available (100-400 per week). You can skip one 100 point assignment

without penalty.

Final Portfolio (10%) Final drafts of all essays plus a biography, reflective introduction, revision exhibit, and sample peer reviews, due by the end of our

assigned final exam period either as a hard copy or via Blackboard.

Attendance (5%) Each attended class session is worth 100 points. Attending an entire class session

is worth 100 points. Arriving late, leaving early, or failing to meet your responsibilities may result in

losing some of that day’s points. Excused absences are removed from the calculation of your

attendance grade. How do numerical grades translate to letter grades?

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 Turn in the essay on its initial due date via Blackboard. Essays are due by 5pm on their due dates.     Dr. Hill grades and returns the essay to you via Blackboard (usually within 7-10 days). It may be via comments on the document or it may be an uploaded pdf with handwritten notes.

If you would like a better grade, you can revise the essay as many times as you like before the end of the semester.  You may work on your own or resubmit the essay to me for a new grade and new feedback. All essays will be regraded once more at the end of the semester. To resubmit, upload the new version to the appropriate assignment drop box on Blackboard.

The highest grade earned on each essay is the one averaged into your final course grade, minus any late penalties.

The last day to submit revised essays for new comments and grades (prior to the end of the semester) is Friday, December 1st. You can still make changes between then and final exam day, just without additional feedback from me.

What if I am absent? What if my work is late?

Provide documentation for your absence (if it is excused). 

Check course materials (essay assignment handouts, course calendar, and/or Blackboard) or with classmates to find out what you missed. (You do not need to email me to ask what you missed--you have this information already.) 

Turn in any missed work on your first day back (or it may lose points for lateness).

Work submitted late but within one week of the due date loses 10

points from the assignment's final grade.

Work submitted more than one week late loses 20 points.

Any work submitted more than a week late will not be graded until

after final exam day. If it's an essay, that means you don't get revision feedback (but may still

revise on your own).

What other policies should I know about?

Instances of academic dishonesty will result in a grade of zero on the assignment in question (whether essay or Blackboard assignment), and may cause you to be reported to the head of the English department and/ or the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Academic dishonesty Includes:    • Turning in a paper wholly or partially written by                   someone else     • Including sections in your work that are copied or     paraphrased from another source without proper citation     • Turning in a paper you wrote for a previous semester     or another course without express permission from the     instructor of this class

Do not share your work with other students. If two or more students turn in the same work, all students involved will receive zeroes for that assignment.

Assignments given zeroes for academic dishonesty are not eligible for revision.

Academic Honesty Blackboard Grades Grades in Blackboard are for your reference only.

The calculated grade may not be an accurate

reflection of your overall course grade due to

difference in the weighting of

assignments. To see an accurate grade, you may either do the math or

ask me for your current course average via email or during office hours.

There is an expanding reliance on electronic communication among Students, Administrators, Faculty, and Staff within educational institutions including Tuskegee University. Effective Spring 2012, the email system at Tuskegee University is REQUIRED for ALL Instructional Administrators, Faculty, Staff and Students. The purpose of its REQUIRED USE is to ensure sufficient and uniform communication and transmission of all official related business that bear on teaching and learning. Failure to receive and read MYTU email in a timely manner does not absolve employees and students from knowing or complying with the content of such relevant communications.

Institutional Email PolicyInstitutional Blackboard & Starfish Policy Effective Spring 2012 ALL Instructional Administrators, Faculty, Staff and Students are REQUIRED to use Blackboard and STARFISH. Starfish is the recently implemented system which monitors variables that signal less than productive student engagement in the teaching and learning process. Starfish is located in Blackboard and it provides Faculty and Staff with a convenient record and alert system to keep track of students’ performance, class attendance, lack of textbooks, and other patterns of behavior which negatively impacts student learning outcomes. Instructional Administrators, Faculty, Staff and Students are required to set up profiles in STARFISH.

All course assignments will be posted on Blackboard; if you are absent on a day that a new assignment is distributed, you are still responsible for retrieving it from Blackboard and taking care of any work or readings due before the next class. You should contact Campus Technology at 334- 727-8040 for assistance in activating and/or accessing your Email and Blackboard account.